Two hundred and fifty-four, much attention
'To be honest, I'm worried about whether Chelsea will be able to play well today, they just finished a nightmare league game and are in the Champions League in just three days, can they?' England's commentators are worried about Chelsea's form.
"Well deserved!"
"It's good to lose a fine light!"
"We're here to see them lose"
In Liverpool, countless pubs are packed with Liverpool fans who know what it means to be a game.
Chelsea have been clamoring for revenge on Liverpool, and if Chelsea do win, Liverpool fans will be truly embarrassed.
If it weren't unrealistic, many Liverpool fans would even want to cheer for Basel on the spot, even if it wasn't so long ago, Basel brought Liverpool a sea of blood feud.
It is not only the commentators and guests who are worried, but also the fans of the Blues, who are also worried, if they are okay in normal times, but the turmoil has not passed, Chelsea, who have suffered a major blow, have not yet recovered and entered the field, and the opponent is not a soft persimmon, can they pass the test smoothly?
"It must be possible," many Blues fans shouted, but the confidence was not so strong.
St. Jakob's Garden Stadium is actually a bit too big for the city of Basel, and it is difficult to fill it during the league season, but today it is different, there are 38,000 seats empty.
And the more than 2,000 Blues fans who came with the team looked so weak compared to the tens of thousands of home fans.
While every Chelsea fan sang their anthem at the top of their lungs, the movement of the 2,000 people was really insignificant. It was quickly overshadowed by a huge numerical superiority.
'It's not good for Liverpool to come, it's not good for Chelsea. We have our own characteristics in Basel, and even less so at Chelsea, which is in turmoil. "Basel is full of confidence. They don't think Chelsea are at their best at the moment, they are in good shape, Basel have the courage to fight, and how could they miss such a good opportunity now.
A lot of local reports were analysed before the game, and it was believed that if Basel can cross the hurdle of Chelsea, it may not be impossible to hope to qualify from the group.
Although the other two opponents are equally strong, Basel is proud of their fighting spirit.
Lynn was unabashedly pre-game. Liverpool is Liverpool, and Chelsea can't be compared, 'they can't win, that's their problem, Chelsea have the ability and confidence to give Chelsea fans a satisfactory result, of course, I think it's okay to let Liverpool fans breathe by the way, Chelsea is a big-minded club! β
Disgusting people. Lynn didn't flinch in the slightest.
Basel were a bit uncomfortable with the pace of the game, and in the previous Champions League games, most of the teams they faced were on a rampage from the start. Always want to eat yourself in one bite.
That's what Basel likes.
'It's been five minutes and Chelsea haven't shown what they want to avenge Liverpool, so far. Chelsea haven't had a decent shot on target yet, and striker Ronaldo hasn't even received a pass yet'
"Oh! Alonso. This pass is really creative, is it a goal kick for the opponent? β
Chelsea's ball-controlled tactics are familiar. However, it seems that the form is really bad today, especially in terms of pass success rate, which is miserable!
Fifteenth minuteββββ
"Oooooo!!!!!!oo Banzai! Our Jimenez !!!!! 1:0οΌοΌοΌ Basel opened the scoring and they were ahead of Chelsea! β
"Aha, what an irony that Chelsea, who were clamoring for revenge for Liverpool, were opened by Basel first! It's so interesting! β
Alonso's return pass was broken, Rossi suddenly appeared on the line of Alonso's pass, and then cleverly picked up, Jimenez didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and volleyed directly! The action is done in one go!
When Alonso turned to pass back, Lynn frowned, and he could see that the team's current operation is extremely poor, mainly because Alonso, the hub of the team's attack and defense, is in extremely poor condition, like sleepwalking.
After conceding the ball, Lynn walked to the sideline and gestured to Terry, asking the team to hold steady and not rush to fight back, and he had a hunch that he would definitely fall into the hands of his opponent.
Basel are waiting for Chelsea to make a desperate comeback.
At this time, Lynn also saw that this Rossi and Jimenez were players with fresh moves, they may be mediocre players in positional warfare, but when facing a strong opponent, the frontcourt used several moves extremely skillfully, and it was very practical, and Liverpool fell under their cold arrows.
Watching the opponent's frantic celebration and the earth-shattering cheers of tens of thousands of fans, Alonso felt extremely frustrated, even a little uneasy, he glanced at the manager on the sidelines, but Lynn didn't say anything, didn't see any anger.
"Xavi, don't worry, let's help you, take your time" Terry came over to comfort Alonso, the young man has been doing very well since he arrived at Chelsea, but there were some ups and downs today, and as captain, John Terry can also see it.
'Chelsea were really inconsistent today,' Motensen sighed with regret.
For the rest of the first half, Chelsea were still tepid, with nothing to show off, and even if they were behind, they were in no hurry to launch any decent attacks, let alone good chances.
Although many players were more impatient, Lynn was pressing on the sidelines, and everyone had to kick their heads.
In fact, they did not know how disappointed Basel were, especially since the members of the coaching staff and the fans in the stands were completely different from their excitement.
The opponent did not rush to fight back after conceding the goal, but buried himself in the defense and tried his best to reduce the tempo of the game, while Basel's players have begun to get impatient and constantly try to attack the opponent with attack.
However, that's really not Basel's specialty, and compared to Chelsea, there is a huge gap between their attack and defence.
Although Chelsea had some problems functioning, they did not lose their defensive skills, and Basel's many attacks were to no avail.
'Aside from that goal, the whole first half was extremely boring, dull and disgusting, and that's what Chelsea have been hoping for? Can we still expect such a team to give an account to Liverpool fans? What a joke! 'The Liverpool local TV commentator made the most of every opportunity to satirize Chelsea.
Of course, he wouldn't let go of Lynn, seeing Lynn sitting there steadily, the commentator also sneered, "Coach John may be very grandstanding, but if you want to really have it, please show real skills, since you have to avenge Liverpool many times, is it okay to lose?" β
His words will naturally attract the general support of Liverpool fans, now half of Liverpool City is happy, this is Liverpool fans, as for Everton fans are different, although they have just done a big thing with Chelsea, but Everton fans don't care when they can see Liverpool deflated.
They are just as anxious as Chelsea fans are about Chelsea's performance!
The referee finally blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the Basel fans cheered, they were still ahead, and the opponents had no way to threaten themselves, and a victory was in sight.
Lynn glanced playfully at the proud home fans in the stands, and led the way into the locker room without care.
The atmosphere in the dressing room was a bit dreary.
Lynn looked at each of the players, quietly waiting for them to clean up.
"Almost." Di Matteo looked at his watch, time was running out, and came over to remind Lynn in a low voice.
Nodding, Lynn also saw that the players' eyes were basically focused on themselves, so he walked to the middle with a smile on his face, looked at each player again, and then said softly, "Our performance is a little bad, and I don't want to analyze what the reason is, but I just want to say my own feelings, you are players, the biggest responsibility is to focus on the game, in ninety minutes, all your thoughts should be on the game, not to think about anything else, obviously, guys, you didn't do it!" β
As soon as the words fell, Lynn looked at the players, some of whom blushed and lowered their heads. (To be continued......)